Learn how to identify the aspen tree in the forest, as well as facts about the tree's habitat, ... The authors recommend using root cuttings when establishing the tree in its location.

SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ” This traditionally is the peak weekend in large portions of the Rocky Mountains for the changing of aspen leaves. But whether whole mountainsides will still be glowing during ...

A few years ago, we cut down a dead aspen tree, removed the stump but not all the roots. Another small aspen started growing nearby and seems to be doing well. Our problem is the woody bumps, or ...

Aspen benefit from spring fertilization, but newly planted aspen have sensitive roots, so wait until the tree establishes itself before fertilizing (remember this rule of thumb: each inch of trunk ...

Aspen regrows quickly from suckers, or shoots, from existing aspen roots. It’s one reason aspen is such a favored wood of loggers — no replanting is necessary, as the aspen trees quickly ...

An aspen grove is uniformly yellow because each tree is identical, part of the same organism and sprouting from the same system of roots. This solidarity lends itself to a long life.

Worrall speculates that the trees absorb stored energy from their own roots, eventually killing the roots and preventing the rise of new aspen sprouts. "They basically starve to death," he says.

Aspen trees generally have shallow roots, growing above where sprinkler lines usually are buried and the wood of the tree is somewhat soft, that is, it's just not that strong of a tree.

Q. I live in the foothills of Albuquerque, just above Tramway Blvd. As others have, I planted aspen trees in our yard. I tilled in a good amount of compost throughout the yard and the tree roots ...